This 5-day training course gives a practical introduction to centrifugal gas compressors, their performance characteristics and their operation within a process plant. Topics will include compressor performance and selection, control strategies for capacity and surge protection and compressor operations
Learning Outcomes of this training course include:
- Be able to identify the most common types of compressors in use today
- Understand the thermodynamic and physical principles of compression systems
- Explain the purpose and function of the main compressor components
- Understand the impact of suction condition variations (Gas composition, pressure, temperature, flow) on compressor performance
- Be familiar with the most commonly used capacity control systems
- Understand how the design of an overall plant control scheme relates to the compression system
- Have a thorough understanding of surge and its consequences for the machine
- Understand the principles of more complex anti-surge control systems
- Be able to set-up simple anti-surge control systems for both fixed and variable speed compressors
- Be able to explore typical compressor operating scenarios (including start up) and identify commonly encountered problems
- Understand how to prevent a compressor surging on trip and the use of hot-gas bypass valves